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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Humphreys , David 1752 -1818 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Inglis , Charles 1734 -1816 (search)
Inglis, Charles 1734-1816
Clergyman; born in Ireland, in 1734.
From 1764 to the Revolution he was assistant rector of Trinity Church, New York; and was rector from 1777 to 1783.
He adhered to the royal cause, and departed for Nova Scotia with the loyalists who fled from New York City in 1783.
His letters evinced considerable harsh feeling towards the American patriots as fomenters of rebellion.
Dr. Inglis was consecrated bishop of Nova Scotia in 1788, and in 1809 became a member of the governor's council.
He published an answer to Paine's Common sense, which made him obnoxious to the patriots, and they confiscated his estate.
He died in Halifax, N. S., Feb. 24, 1816.
His son John was made bishop of Nova Scotia in 1825, and died in 1850; and his grandson, Gen. Sir John Eardley Wilmot Inglis, born in Halifax in 1814, was the brave defender of Lucknow.
Iowa
Was originally a part of the vast Territory of Louisiana, ceded to the United States in 1803.
The first settlement by Europeans was made by Julian Du Buque, who, in 1788, obtained a grant of a large tract, including the site of the city of Dubuque and the mineral lands around it. There he built a fort, and manufactured lead and traded with Indians until his death, in 1810.
The Territory was placed under the jurisdiction of Michigan in 1834, and in 1836 under that of Wisconsin.
It was erected into a separate Territory June 12, 1838, and included all the country north of Missouri between the Mississippi and the Missouri and the British line.
This comprised a greater part of Minnesota and the whole of the present Dakotas, with an area of 94,000 square miles.
The government was established at Iowa City, in 1839.
In 1844 a State constitution was formed, but an application for admission into the Union was denied.
The admission was effected Dec. 28, 1846, and in 1857 the capi
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Irvine , William 1741 -1804 (search)
Irvine, William 1741-1804
Military officer; born in Fermanagh, Ireland, Nov. 3, 1741; was surgeon of a ship-of-war; came to the United States after the peace of 1763, and practised medicine at Carlisle, Pa. He was an active patriot, and raised and commanded the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment in 1776; was captured in the battle at Three Rivers, Canada; exchanged in May, 1778; served under Wayne, and in 1781 was stationed at Fort Pitt, charged with the defence of the Northwestern frontier.
He was a member of Congress in 1786-88, and took a civil and military part in the task of quelling the Whiskey Insurrection.
He was again a member of Congress in 1793-95.
He died in Philadelphia, July 29, 1804.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jackson , Andrew 1767 -1845 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jackson , James 1757 -1806 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jesup , Thomas Sidney 1788 -1860 (search)
Jesup, Thomas Sidney 1788-1860
Military officer; born in Virginia, in 1788; entered the army in 1808, and was Hull's adjutant-general in 1813.
For his good conduct at the battle of Chippewa, he was brevetted lieutenant-colonel; also colonel for his services in the battle of Lundy's Lane, or Niagara, in which he was severely wounded.
After the war, he was promoted to adjutant-general and quartermaster-general of the army in 1818, with the rank of brigadier-general, and was brevetted major1788; entered the army in 1808, and was Hull's adjutant-general in 1813.
For his good conduct at the battle of Chippewa, he was brevetted lieutenant-colonel; also colonel for his services in the battle of Lundy's Lane, or Niagara, in which he was severely wounded.
After the war, he was promoted to adjutant-general and quartermaster-general of the army in 1818, with the rank of brigadier-general, and was brevetted major-general in 1828.
In 1836 he was in command of the army in the Creek nation, and at the close of the year he commanded the army in Florida.
He was wounded by the Seminoles in January, 1838.
He died in Washington, D. C., June 10, 1860.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Johnson , Guy 1740 -1788 (search)
Johnson, Guy 1740-1788
Military officer; born in Ireland in 1740; married a daughter of Sir William Johnson (q. v.), and in 1774 succeeded him as Indian agent.
He served against the French from 1757 to 1760.
At the outbreak of the Revolution he fled to Canada, and thence went with the British troops who took possession of New York City in September, 1776; he remained there some time, and became manager of a theatre.
He joined Brant, and participated in some of the bloody outrages in the Mohawk Valley.
In 1779 he fought with the Indians against Sullivan.
He died in London, March 5, 1788.
Johnson, Samuel 1733-
Jurist; born in Dundee, Scotland, Dec. 15, 1733; was taken to North Carolina by his father when he was three years of age, and was in civil office there under the crown until he espoused the cause of the patriots.
In 1773 he was one of the North Carolina committee of correspondence and an active member of the Provincial Congress.
He was chairman of the provincial council in 1775, and during 1781-82 was in the Continental Congress.
In 1788 he was governor of the State, and presided over the convention that adopted the national Constitution.
From 1789 to 1793 he was United States Senator, and from 1800 to 1803 was judge of the Supreme Court.
He died near Edenton, N. C., Aug. 18, 1816.